This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1898
Page
8
A figure fleeing through an inn garden after a window confrontation with Hank Beyer’s disguise takes to the river route. He evasively slips away with a wounded plan, aided by Archie's revolver theft and a loyal servant, seeking safety in New Orleans while pursued by Walters and Hunter.
In Chapter IX the narrator recalls a clear starlit night with no moonlight and a crisp wind as he senses pursuit. He fears Archie Hunter might be sneaking up while keeping to the inn’s rear, aware the rioters would hunt him down if he left the main road. He whirls with a revolver ready, yet sees nothing to explain the footfall.
A dated jumble of social events, meetings, and openings lists January to midwinter activities. It notes poultry shows, dances, college openings, theater events, and public installations. A Baltimore mayoral bid mentions a $260000 withdrawal offer under a new charter.
An old classified style ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward offer and testimonials from Cheney Co Toledo and trusted druggists. It also includes a dubious line about Mother Goose and her husband Isaac Goose and printer Thomas Ficet in Boston, appearing as miscellaneous trivia.
A collection of old notices promoting Grain-O a grain based drink as a coffee substitute and various ailments remedies. Includes Chamberlain's Pain Balm and Cough Remedy advertisements with Emmert & Burrell as local sellers and references to London building height restrictions and coffee substitutes.
A bundle of vintage notices tout Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy and promote various local goods. Anodized lines claim cures and health hope, while ads push Florida oranges, Queen olives, mixed nuts, camera supplies, and lamps from Burrell's and Guenther's Drug Store ornaments.
The Southern Railway extends through sleeping car service from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Kansas City to Jacksonville starting December 4. Through connections with no layover for morning and evening trains. Travel times 25 hours Cincinnati Louisville to Jacksonville and 55 hours Havana. Tickets available from agents in Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and Louisville. Contact agents J C Beam N W Pass Agent and others for rates and details.
The Chicago Great Western announces round trip holiday excursion tickets on December 24 25 26 and list 1898 and January 1 2 1899 to all points within 200 miles at low rates. Tickets are valid for return until January 4 1899. Call any agent Maple Leaf Route for details.
Tickets from all points on the Northwestern line within 100 miles will be sold December 26 31 with limited return of two days from sale date at one plus one third fares for the round trip. For full particulars contact Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents.
Fragmentary note cites the 109 mile shortest line from the Queen and Crescent Route to Florida and mentions the West Indies. No clear date or organization beyond these names.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.